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[abedefduf]

not sure if this is common knowledge or not, but thought i'd pass it on to any fellow noobies wondering what their housing will really look like.

just did a search on youtube and there are literally dozens of vids in which english teachers give video tours of their housing accomodations. talk about convenient! i was really surprised at how good some of their places were. there were some mediocre ones as well, but nothing horrible that ive come across yet.

for any noobie wanting to get a feel for what the housing is like i suggest you check it out, it was really helpful for me.

[mindmetoo]

[bassexpander]

In my hagwon days, I avoided some hell-holes by insisting to see them first, then going with another contract with better housing.

I think that has been the key factor, other than being involved in choosing my apartment once or twice.

I'm almost inclined to say things are probably better in regards to housing overall, just because Korea is slowly replacing a lot of old, crappy buildings with newer ones. Obviously, there is a lot of crap out there to be had, though.

My hagwon friends tend to have small efficiencies, or really old larger places (2 bedroom place, in once case).

It has always amazed me that a really nice new place sometimes costs about the same as a crappy old hole of a place. That's why it really pays to look around.

[ironwolves]

I have read that the apartments that you can get can be over 600 square feet or above? If so, that is almost double the size that I live in right now.

[marlow]

[mindmetoo]

[KoreanAmbition]

OP,

Would you mind telling me what you actually used as your search-phrase on youtube?

I'm curious to see what you found.

Thanks